Bigger, Badder, Better - The POWER of the Neo Geo

We look at the Neo Geo over the course of its life and many of its very best games.
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Episode Notes:
1. I used a combination of real MVS hardware and MAME emulation to do this episode.
2. There were a number of unique releases to each of the Neo Geo platforms(AES/MVS/CD).
3. SNK also had a handheld called the Neo Geo Pocket.
4. SNK tried its hand with a polygon successor to the Neo Geo called the Hyper Neo Geo 64. Expensive to make and rejected by 3rd parties, it failed miserably after only a small number of releases.
5. SNK has reissued the Neo Geo a number of times via emulated products. There is no shortage of ways to play many of these titles.
6. I consolized my first MVS in the early 2000s when such a thing didn't have easy-to-follow guides. It was ugly but got the job done. I still have it and it still works to this very day.
7. The first Neo Geo home product I actually touched was a Neo Geo CD in 1996. My best bud Nathan owned it for awhile.
8. Collecting for the Neo Geo isn't just expensive, it's riddled with countless bootlegs and fake game cartridges. The Neo Geo was heavily pirated in many parts of the world and those games and boards are everywhere.

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

This thing was like a myth to all us back in the 90s. It was SO expensive. We’d look at the games at Toys R Us and just daydream lol.

[@tarantinoish]

My Toys R Us didn’t even carry it. They had Sega CD and Turbo Duo, but never Neo Geo. All of us on the playground wanted one though. It didn’t matter if you were Sega or Nintendo, you wanted Neo Geo. It would have been having the arcade at home.

[@cannedpiss5178]

@@tarantinoish i'm guessing you'd need a reaaaally nice CRT to go along with it too?

[@SomeOrangeCat]

I love how now, much of the catalog is in within everyone's reach. That's the real gift of emulation, getting to play something that would otherwise be completely out of your reach.

[@borisbadenov9863]

@@SomeOrangeCat and finally getting to insert as many coins as you want feels great.

[@manuelsanchezdiaz4696]

@@borisbadenov9863 yeah, but less charming let’s say. I cannot imagine what playing a neogeo game at home could be in the nineties. Something we won’t see again

[@MattyIcecubes]

Kids these days will never know just how mindblowing this was back in the early 90s

[@John-PaulHunt-wy7lf]

This was what the genesis was supposed to be. The neo geo made the genesis into an impostor in the arcade at home as a console.

[@MattyIcecubes]

@@John-PaulHunt-wy7lf Neo Geo had hardly a foothold at all in the gaming market of the early 90's. I knew at least one person who had a Jaguar, CD-I, 3DO...all of those high priced super consoles. But I never knew anyone who had a Neo Geo. It was the one that eluded even the rich kids. It wasn't the $700 cost of the console that turned consumers off, it was the $200 cost of game carts. But you are right, SNK mopped the floor with every other hardware manufacturer in terms of the home arcade experience. Neo Geo was indeed the only console in town offering a truly authentic arcade quality experience at home.

[@321driftoff8]

The Neo Geo was that game system that everybody dreamed of and wanted, but very few can afford. I didn't know anybody personally who owned one and it was almost like a mystical entity that we all knew existed, but very few of us laid eyes on.

[@MattyIcecubes]

It was the only console that I didn't know a single person who had one. I knew someone with a Jaguar, someone with a 3DO, someone with a CD-I, knew two people with a TG-16, I even knew someone with a Virtual Boy....but I never knew a single person with a 3DO. I don't think it was the cost of the console that kept consumers away from it, it was the fact that games were $150 each that made this the console that was reserved for the wealthy.

[@xenonronin7789]

As a Nintendo kid I dreamed of having a Neo Geo ! Back then the Neo Geo console was a mythical legend to us poor Nintendo and Sega kids ! Yes I do mean I actually DREAMED of having this godlike game console for years back in the early 90s.

[@ARTPLAYSGAMES86]

Do you have one now ?

[@xenonronin7789]

@@ARTPLAYSGAMES86 Nope. I wish hah.

[@ARTPLAYSGAMES86]

@@xenonronin7789 ah, the dream continues 😎

[@Gatorade69]

@@ARTPLAYSGAMES86 Except now there's a few different ways to play the games, fortunately. Sure, it may not be playing an actual Neo Geo but if you have a decent arcade stick the experience can almost be just as good.

[@unlimited-6183]

I have an arcade cabinet that has ALL the Neo Geo titles 😎 the dream turned reality and it got better 👊

[@Hchris101]

Gotta love the consistency of this channel

[@Marzimus]

It's shocking, bordering on concerning.. ❤

[@johnellis3383]

​@@Marzimus right? SLX is more machine than man lol

[@Pythoner]

Sega Lord is simply a prolific good content creator. Prolific, that's the word.

[@J.Crooner]

Absolutely I genuinely keep this channel playing all throughout the day. I'm a dedicated fan of SegalordX for life.👍😎👌

[@garylshawiii483]

Yeah this channel is such a calming and interesting steady as the wind blows

[@trevor_mounts_music]

I remember being a little kid in the 90's and getting absolutely blown AWAY the first time I put a quarter into an MVS cabinet. It really was just that good. Still play Neo Geo on the regular 25+ years later....

[@marccaselle8108]

I still play neogeo to this day on my retropie

[@FreezeInfinite]

It's incredible how well the Neo Geo library holds up even today. The art style and production value were so high that it still looks fluid and plays well. The library is so diverse and so many games are really good. Other systems had a few good games but a lot of crap, but SNK really kept the quality control tight. The home system was so expensive but you got a really good quality selection of games to choose from.

[@mattm7798]

Very true.

[@MoonOvIce]

Actually, most are just arcade games, and many fighting games of which only a few are good and original, the rest seem like either clones of each other or clones of Capcom games.

[@ronnienoneyabusiness2844]

Metal Slug and Panic Bomber

[@gumdeo]

Yes, 2D pixel art held up much better than early 3D.

[@NateyCat]

Neo-Geo is still friggin gorgeous. Especially considering it lasted until the early 2000’s. Great Video of course.

[@drunkensailor112]

It actually lasted until 2005

[@h.m.5724]

Mid 2000

[@unlimited-6183]

When I was a teenager, I always desired the Neo Geo AES console during the early 90's. But yeah the exorbitant price of the console (nearly 900 dollars in Europe) and games price (around 200 dollars), made it impossible for my parents to even attempt to get one for me . 🤣 Now, 30 odd years later, I'm a proud owner of an arcade cabinet that has ALL the Neo Geo titles 👊 Awesome:) I have just joined your channel and we are connected now 😎

[@MattyIcecubes]

It was the cost of the game carts that made Neo Geo impractical. It wasn't the high cost of the console that was the problem, it was the high price of the carts. One game cart cost as much as a brand new SNES, and $50 more than a brand new Genesis/Mega Drive.

[@DoctorFuu]

In the common systems everything was sadly limited by storage of the cartridge (8Mb/16Mb tops); Here with this raw beast power and no limitations of memory everything just flew to the moon. They called it the Rolls Royce of consoles and it cannot be described otherwise. The games being so colorful and with PCM sampled music gave you the inmersion. I would like to vindicate games of the system like Robo Army considered "not that good". I enjoyed it inmensely because it gave you the chance of controlling giant sprites that grabbed cars against enemy robots destroying them with dozens of pieces bouncing on the floor with the CPU not slowing down a hair. What spectacle were those games. And what to say with Cyber Lip, Magician Lord, Shengoku.... In arcades the 5 second short clip in demo mode "Neo Geo 330 Meg Pro Gear Spec", when that short music sounded that was magical. And I was lucky to have lived that age.

[@jiminboo]

Back in the day, the Neo Geo was the stuff of legends. I never knew anybody with an AES, and when I went to the electronics store and saw the $250 per game sticker “megashock”, right there and then I knew why. Seeing this on a demo TV playing next to SNES and Genesis made everyone drool 🤤

[@jmatki1217]

SNES still owns neo geo. SNES had all the RPGs and first parties (Zelda, Mario, Metroid). Neo seemed to be all fighters/shooters

[@SIPEROTH]

@@jmatki1217 Well of course, Neo was like a super machine at the time for small audience so of course most developers wouldn't focus on it and it was full of fighting games because of SNK who made it. The great graphical ability it had made it pricey and that made the sales small and that made the games developed for it less as well. So of course a more mainstream machine like the SNES with a mainstream price would completely kill it in terms of games. In the end if you had to chose only one console to own at the time you will only choose the SNES or the Mega Drive/Genesis because of more great titles. But if you had to chose only one console to play only one game then NEO GEO was probably the choice because everyone will prefer a machine that looked like a full on arcade to play that one game.

[@jamesnelson5618]

​@@jmatki1217don't forget Kirby, donkey Kong country Trilogy and Star fox.

[@turtleanton6539]

​@@jmatki1217yes

[@turtleanton6539]

​@@jamesnelson5618indeed

[@JabroniSausage]

Man, I remember seeing the Neo Geo AES home system only being sold in Service Merchandise stores back in the days. I would always see it in their big, thick catalog book and always wanting one but the price was way too much, especially when I was only 5 years old, haha. What a time to be alive.

[@duckhive]

Thank you for the 1 hour run-time. Your videos are very uplifting.

[@chivalrous_chevy1163]

Uplifting?

[@turtleanton6539]

​@@chivalrous_chevy1163yes

[@johnofthewired]

honestly my love for SNK and the neo only strengthened when every other system started going polygon and they stuck with 2D, and they did it so well and i LOVED the KOF games to this day

[@sidearmsalpha]

I know. So glad that 2D and pixel art and retro gaming are still alive and well and developers are pumping out some awesome games. I like 3D but I started playing games in the late 80s and fell in love with pixel graphics.

[@jamesnelson5618]

What your Favorite Character to play as in King of Fighters?

[@johnofthewired]

@@jamesnelson5618 Kyo was always a fave of mine in all the additions.what about yours

[@masudpilot]

I was looking for someone talking about kof 🥹

[@Astfgl]

The Neo Geo for me is mostly associated with holidays to France. You'd see those arcade cabinets everywhere there. I remember falling in love with Fatal Fury 2 and Metal Slug the instant I saw them on display. Owning a Neo Geo has always been a dream, it's the holy grail of gaming platforms. I could probably afford to get a consolized MVS these days, but even today Neo Geo ownership is quite the commitment.

[@skeggjoldgunnr3167]

I got the AES Gold system. A couple memory cards. A 33" Wells Garner RGB monitor in a cabinet made by Thao Nguyen of Multi Arcade Systems. He also made the glorious big heavy cherry switch / happco controllers we used on the Neo-Geo. KOF '95, Samurai Spirits 2, Pulstar, Real Bout Fatal Fury Special, King of the Monsters 1 & 2, Metal Slug, Mutation Nation, Burning Fight. My wife beat me on every game and I was suppoda be the in-house vidiot. Turns out: She just ADORED the system and while I was out of state on iron working jobs - she was honing her skills. That made me happy. She had the fridge stocked with Heineken for me awaiting my return so she could WHOOP on me in my own games.

[@Dorelaxen]

The Neo-Geo truly has a special place in my heart. I'll never forget the night I graduated from high school. Me and a couple of friends went to a truck stop just outside of the small town I lived in. They had a fairly big arcade set up in the back, and they kept up to date games in it, too. They had World Heroes 2, so we spent the entire night tossing quarters into it and eating phenomenal greasy burgers. Damn good times.

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

A couple of friends and I*

[@bradtraq1]

@@jarlwhiterun7478 Doosh🤣

[@aceofhearts573]

Nice, this was uploaded 13 min ago. Just got back from running and I can relax on the floor and watch this.

[@BeijingDragon811]

The Neo Geo was an amazing console. To get arcade performance at home was really nice. Definitely blew the Snes and Genesis out of the water.

[@johnellis3383]

An almost hour long SLX video?! Hell yeah boys we're in for a treat!

[@pixelsncreatures]

I went the cheap route with neo geo and got an arcade cabinet. At the time I got it I was scoring games for like $20-$50 each. I miss those days where people were abandoning "old games" hehe

[@DP12321]

An hour long NeoGeo video in the middle of the night? Sure I'll be tired tomorrow.

[@tylerromero]

Just wanted to say thanks for you and your channel getting me through my days. Your blasts of nostalgia and passion are a great antidepressant!

[@terrylodge4846]

be good to that sad soul inside. Look after him, nothing ever stays the same. You can ride out the storm 😉👍🏾

[@pooksthepossum]

Yes!!! My night got so much better! SLX never disappoints.

[@MikeD7734]

I play your channel when my Wife goes to sleep, and im half n half. I always wanted a Neo Geo. Never had a friend or known anyone back then who had a Turbo Grafx16.

[@ikenosis8160]

Razorfist arcade Livestreams on Friday night always start with the iconic Neo Geo theme song intro and it makes my Soul soar every time I hear it. Those crisp, powerful, beautiful tones remind me of the arcades of the 1990's, my paradise.

[@gustavobarandas2012]

At the time the neogeo was a dream to own. Very expensive, yet such an amazing piece of hardware. The huge cartridges were so impressive ❤

[@NaviciaAbbot]

The Last Blade has an homage to Rurouni Kenshin. It's said that Nobuhiro Watsuki, who wasn't into games, played Samurai Shodown 2 and loved it. He wrote about it in a notes from the author section - where he reveals he bought a Neo CD just to play the game.

[@horroRomantic444]

I bought my AES for just one game. That was Samurai Shodown 2. I wasted so many quarters in that game in my local pizza parlor and the mall arcade.

[@worldofretrogameplay6963]

The Neo-Geo is STILL incredible, thanks to NGDEVTEAM, Bitmap Bureau, and others.

[@8bitsnkboy472]

Another astonishing Video!! The SEGA Saturn may be my favourite console of all, but it was the amazing ports of so many of SNK's finest titles to the system, that made me the Neo Geo fan and collector I am today. I will always prefer sprite based gaming over 3D polygons and SNK's games took hand-drawn sprites and animation to a whole other level.

[@crestofhonor2349]

Yes. 2D sprites we’re always my preference over early 3D

[@brucemckinlay9739]

Every time I'd see an add for this thing in EGM etc, I'd just sigh. The Neo Geo really was an impossible dream for all but the rich kids.

[@StormsparkPegasus]

This thing had a very unique design that made it unbelievable powerful for a 16-bit system. It did stuff you should've needed a 32-bit system to do.

[@rockhyde7775]

“It’s bigger, it’s badder, too much for Mr. Incredible!” - Syndrome from the incredible movie “The Incredibles”.

[@TravisStamper]

Best thing about these games is that they actually worked on release and were a joy to play. This is not so in todays market where the day one patch is actually looked forward too. Collecting is just not as fun as it once was. Thanks for the video SLX.

[@jimmelton5846]

Games are a bit more technical now. Cartridges often needed a revision and lots of them weren't a joy to play either. Nothing really changes.

[@bubbythebear6891]

@@jimmelton5846 It didn't seem as consistent though. Were there cartridges that came broken that were later fixed through rereleases? I don't personally remember any.

[@jimmelton5846]

@@bubbythebear6891 I'm not speaking specifically for Neo Geo, I'm familiar with its catalogue but never owned one. You may not remember broken games on cartridge but there were many across most cartridge based consoles. The notion that games just worked back in the day is a total fallacy. And yes broken games you were stuck with, no patch after the fact like today.

[@Gatorade69]

@@bubbythebear6891 You also have to factor in that gaming just wasn't as popular back then as it is today. There is a record number of video games being produced today, which obviously means there's going to be more bad games. Also games are now much bigger, filled with more content, take longer to develop and in some ways are a bit harder to make. People often look back at the past with rose tinted glasses. I have actually heard someone say "There was no bad games on the PS2" and actually mean it. People just don't remember the bad games unless it was funny bad or super awful. One thing I will give the past is that usually the AAA games were better, nowadays a lot of AAA studios are dropping the ball but the indie space is totally making up for it. But yeah broken games and bad games have always existed. Games having rushed development and being released in a bad state early was definitely a thing with one of the oldest examples I can think of being Pac-man and E.T. on the Atari 2600 and It's what helped lead to the video game crash in the 80s.

[@Gatorade69]

@@jimmelton5846 Well said. I always say the same thing. Also people bitch at the prices now, and yeah paying more money definitely sucks, but it seems nobody remember just how much SNES and N64 games cost back in 94 to 96. Actually when taking inflation into account the games were more like 100-140$ in today's cash and those games didn't have anywhere close to the amount of content as games today. Seems like a lot of people just want to whine and then they completely disregard any of the good games being released. I mean look at Capcom who is on fire with their releases currently. We have had a handful of abysmal games and a handful of great ones, just how it used to be since the NES (or hell even the 2600).

[@MrSez1979]

Yes! Late night SLX drop! One of my biggest regrets was selling my AES in the late 90s. Bought it for $200, sold it for $200. Long story.

[@MarginalSC]

I did that too. Was accused of a fake sale or something too since I threw in the games I had too and said I wouldn’t split the package up… Kinda wanted to pay my bills quickly tho.

[@sndwav2049]

Ooh, my holy grail! One day. One day.

[@angleshero2447]

The local mom and pop video store in my town always had Neo Geo machines. I Loved World Heroes the most but Fatal Fury and Super Baseball were my fall backs . GREAT JOB ON THE VIDEO

[@syncmonism]

Originally the AES home console version was only intended as a rental unit, but there were so many people asking them if they could buy one that they realized they needed to start making them available for sale to consumers. They knew they were never going to get a big chunk of the console market because of the high cost of making the consoles AND the cartridges as well, but they priced things accordingly and it was a commercial success for them. It's a very unique console because it was a commercial success despite never gaining a large chunk of the console market. It's a good example of how it's not always worthwhile to go directly after your competitors. It can be a very good strategy to just focus on a niche of the market and then you don't even have to compete directly.

[@himuradrew]

The fact that the PS1 and the Saturn cannot do arcade perfect ports of SNK fighting games show that the Neo Geo was a beast. The Saturn came close but it still needed a bit of help with the RAM cart while most PS1 ports were missing a lot of animation frames.

[@michelleanimations6123]

That is not true. On a technical level, both the PS1 and Saturn were more powerful than the neo GEO. Not taking anything away from the neo GEO, but the reason that many games would not run on other systems is because they were specifically optimized to run with the Neo Geo consul being that it was just about 1 to 1 to their own SNK arcade hardware.

[@dustytux]

​@@michelleanimations6123 They were more "Powerful" but they didn't have the VRAM that the Neo Geo had. Saturn can upgrade the RAM using a RAM cart but the PS1 didn't have such a luxury.

[@agmcroom2374]

This is one of the make extensive looks at the golden age of Neo I’ve seen so far.

[@oddojaggins]

Man, so it basically existed at the beginning of the 4th gen and lasted all the way until the tail end of the 6th gen. Its true how the library is at least 90% bangers across the board. I had the pleasure of enjoying a 4 cartridge cabinet in the mid nineties that had the dodge ball, disc throwing game, neo turf masters and one of the KOF games and you cannot deny the love and quality put into the software. Even though i was young i know there was others like me that wasn't ready for polygons and 3d movement, that has to speak to the legacy of the neo geo platform and why it existed so long

[@XB3Gaming]

Always wanted a Neo ever since I saw it in the ads and reviews of gaming magazines of the day. That elite pricing scheme always kept out of my range until I was almost in my 30s. Now I have both an AES and an MVS cabinet with a library of around 30 games and a 161 in 1 multicart. Its a stellar machine and a blast to play on. Even my dad who's not a big gaming guy at all absolutely LOVED Neo Turf Masters and Metal Slug 3. The system has just that much staying power to it.

[@PurpleSanz]

The King Of Fighters '98 is way more than just a fighting game... It's THE Ultimate fighting game: Beautiful graphics, drawings, animation; fantastic catchy music and sound effects, the voice acting is superb, the speed is perfect, the action is consistent, the gameplay and combo system are so satisfying without stupid crap like infinite combos, being able to run will ALWAYS be way more precise and fun than dashing; jumps, hops and hyper hops and rolling always make you feel in total control of your character. And speaking of characters, I've never seen another fighting game where the characters display so much personality, they grow so much on you that you even start talking about them as if they actually exist, not to mention how perfectly balanced almost all of them feel. It's 2023 and there is no better fighting game than this MASTERPIECE.

[@Marc_Araujo]

Capcom vs. SNK 2 is better.

[@sladejosephwilson2300]

​​​​@@Marc_Araujo No. Not that jank Mugen game. Capcom has done better fighters and that isn't an SNK fighter.

[@TVans-vs3gn]

It's great but I still prefer The Last Blade 1 & 2.

[@drunkensailor112]

The Ferrari under the consoles. And it still is.

[@samaeltheangelofdeath]

13:44 wow the water is crazy perfect. I loved how the news looked like a screen print, very satisfying, pleasing artistic

[@Eth3realwarrior]

I remembered every ad from the videogame magazines. 1 kid I knew in Jr High had one, and he was the jerk that got chased down by a Vietnam Vet because he said "nice legs". The vet chased him for 2 blocks on crutches. That being said he was a rich kid and that was his personality.

[@jaytecx5942]

This is one of your most solid videos dude. You have got the flow and pace pretty much perfect at this point 👍🏾

[@jayesun3420]

oh man, when you expain the feeling of the" Holy Grail" of consoles, its absolutely true . This console was completely exclusive brother, ps . love this ep.

[@e.e.-tv1683]

Time Soldiers! That takes me back! I never made it far in the arcade. The final boss was tough on the Sega Master System!

[@macdox69]

Absolutely feel the same about Neo Turf Masters. There is just something about it and I always go back to it.

[@retrojoe85]

You deserve a medal for such a quality video of this length.

[@sambird7]

I've been jumping into NeoGeo for the first time on MiSTer and it is an absolute blast. I really missed out by being born in 97 lol

[@jeffb.6642]

So did most of us who were born before that, except the ones that had rich parents lol

[@jimmelton5846]

You would have missed out even if you were middle aged now, I never knew anybody with a Neo Geo, far too expensive back in the day for most.

[@johncarolina4950]

My brother, play the Metal Slug games immediately

[@jimmelton5846]

@@johncarolina4950 your brother owned Multiple Metal Slug games at the time? He must have been doing well financially.

[@glennshoemake4200]

Neo Geo emulation was around in the late 90s and a group called "Neo Charity" were dumping the roms publicly. They would release 1 or 2 games a week back then.

[@jamesburchill7522]

As an adult, I own a Neo Geo CD and a Consolized MVS machine. Truly some awesome arcade play. Probably the best, or at least most consistent you can find.

[@ThomasSerruques]

love the neo geo especially samourai showdown, kof and metal slug. duration of the platform shows it was well designed. love to play it on emulators.

[@cax1175]

The Neo Geo is the most powerful thing mankind has ever created. It even went beyond 330 megs, a feat thought impossible.

[@reeyees50]

It had TURBO graphics 😂

[@joeyjo-joshabadu9636]

​​​@@reeyees50 But did it have Turbo GRAFX?

[@rickylovesyou]

And now SNK is owned by an Saudi corporation which in turn is owned by Saudi Prince with ties to gruseome assassinations! Just great!!

[@mistress_remilia]

This, the TG-16, and the Genesis are still my favorite consoles after all these years. When it comes to the Neo, I've taken an odd liking to the weird Eight Man game myself in recent years.

[@billcook4768]

Nice to see coverage of the whole catalog. Usually we just get the MetalSlug and fighting games

[@mrlaidback83]

I never got to own an original Neo Geo do to how expensive the platform and it's games were (probably still is) so I was more than happy to own a Neo Geo Mini.

[@brendanroberts1310]

I was stoked about the mini but got bad reviews for its TV output and its joy pads so got a AES instead.

[@mrlaidback83]

@JAJITJIT yea that definitely sucks but at the very least, you able to play with an original Neo Geo, something that (myself included) many did not get a chance to do.

[@mrlaidback83]

@@brendanroberts1310 yea I saw the bad reviews but I still went ahead and got it anyway. The controller works just fine (even if the buttons don't make the clicky sounds lol) and I really didn't notice any major problems with it's tv output .

[@marcusgreene8434]

Great system back in the day but man that price was way out of my league

[@teddym2808]

This episode was incredible. Featured all my favourite retro games of all time.

[@johngavalas74]

One system I regret not owning Neo Geo has some killer shoot em ups and the awesome metal slug series

[@alex64gaming]

I just saw a copy of Samurai Showdown on the Neo Geo at a local convention, it was $250 CIB I am kicking myself for not buying it.

[@ChaoticHoly]

I knew a kid who owned a Neo Geo. Smuggest entitled bastard you ever met. Until the day I learned he was jealous of everyone else because his parents wouldn't let him get an SNES or Genesis. But bring-up fighting games (easy to do with Street Fighter II (and later Mortal Kombat) on everyone's lips) and'd he'd strut around like a peacock looking to get laid about how great the Neo Geo was.

[@WhereAllYourDeletedCommentsGo]

See, I knew a kid who was spoiled. He had EVERY Console. He was pretty cool. I liked habging out with him cause that was the only place I ever played a Saturn.

[@chaseman94]

Every I think of Neo-Geo especially at the system start up sequence I automatically think of being at the Laundromat or Washateria with the smell of fabric softener and laundry detergent in the air while my clothes are being washed. I've played Neo-Geo arcades at the grocery store as well growing up but I always associate it with Laundromats and Washaterias because that's where played them the most at.

[@Bloodreign1]

Samurai Shodown was the game that got me off the Mortal Kombat machines when I was in the mood for a fighting game, Sunset Riders and Lethal Enforcers being the other ones played when not in the mood to play a fighting game. I got all the Fatal Fury, World Heroes, KoF's, the Last Blades, Garou MotW, the KoF games that got updates (94 Rebout, 98 UM, and 02 UM when the PS2 had them, not purchased new, but got them at some point), and the Art of Fighting titles when SNK Playmore at the time re-released them on the PS2. I also tend to have the Neo fighters made by SNK for the home consoles, all of them on Genesis, SNES/SFC (finally secured Art of Fighting 2 for the thing earlier this year), PS1, Saturn (Fighters History Dynamite is the one I don't have, though Data East made it), and almost all of them for Game Boy, minus Real Bout Special and World Heroes 2 Jet.

[@yeahyeahwowman8099]

The Neo-Geo was introduced to many kids with that red arcade machine. Introduced me to the 3 in one combo, going from playing Magical Drop 3 to Metal Slug 2 in one arcade cabinet.

[@unlimited-6183]

Yes it's the SNK red MVS arcade cabinet. I have a replica of that cabinet now and it has ALL the Neo Geo titles 👊

[@awetistic5295]

Up until today, I have never seen a Neo Geo in real life. They must have been incredibly rare here in Germany back in the 90s. No other console has this aura of mystery.

[@Nostalgia9478]

Neo Geo DOES what Gsnesis DON'T!!!

[@VOAN]

Yeah but does it had blast processing?

[@Nostalgia9478]

@@VOAN No. Thats for wimps. Neo Geo has SUPER DUPER Blast Processing

[@jaythomas468]

It’s crazy that I knew ONE PERSON who had one of these (as well as someone who had the Turbographx-16, the Sega CD, and the 32X) back in the day but never knew anyone who had a Sega Master System or a Saturn. Anyway, Neo Geo was DEFINITELY like the “Ferrari/Lamborghini/Corvette” of video game consoles for its time. Outside of most people’s price range but worth the money you paid for it.

[@scootercadogan]

Great job on this video, probably the best Neo Geo retrospect on KZbin

[@GamerGee]

30:18 mai BGM on the arcade was lovey!!

[@RabiesTheBeagle]

My experience with neo geo was seeing some other kid play Super Spy at rental store (I suspect Joe from GameSack) and my aunt took me to COMP USA. They had Snes, Genesis, and Neo Geo all hooked up. I play Magician Lord and Holy fk 😊 I feel blessed to even have looked at the NeoGeo. Much less touch one. Even if I only play Magician Lord.......

[@udance4ever]

@3:01 will never forget oogling at Baseball Stars demo mode in the arcades after playing it sooo much w friends on the NES! the fidelity of the voiceovers, the music, the animations, the vibrant color palette - what a great intro to the system - def hit it out of the ballpark 4 me! ⚾

[@greenneon7314]

I remember seeing Blues Hourney on an MVS mini at my local McDonald’s in the early 90s and was blown away by how beautiful and colorful it was at the time, it cemented my goal of owning my own NEO. I’ve had two AES consoles and have a fully restored 4 slot in my house now

[@Shinobi6407]

Now this is gonna be fun! I am so appreciative of the fact that you made this video nearly an hour long.

[@warchild9381]

For Christmas in the early 90s, I got a Super Nintendo and my cousin got a Neo Geo with two AES games. I was so jealous, but it all worked out because the SNES gave me memories that will last a lifetime. Only until recent I got a Neo Geo MVS because it's still insane to try and get a Neo Geo AES console. Who the hell has that much money to blow on this lol

[@warchild9381]

@Benjamin Jagun the MVS is original hardware, literally exactly the same functionally in every way as an AES, but 1/100th the price.

[@rhyme70Four]

Sega Lord X never disappoints. The NeoGeo was so amazing. I never got to own one but had every title(CD as well) on my Arcade-One.

[@simianpiate]

You’re an absolute beast, SLX. Frequent new content and the quality is always top notch.

[@dougoonk5480]

SNK released a 3/4 replica of the Neo Geo arcade machine a couple years ago for around $500 called the MVSX and I've played through over 120 of the neo geo games on this modern arcade machine. My favorite is Metal Slug 3 and I'm a huge fan of the Neo Geo MVS metal slug games. The Last Blade series is my favorite Neo Geo fighting game series but I also love Samurai Showdown, Fatal Fury, Waku Waku 7, and KotF 98. Prehistoric Isle 2 is my favorite Neo Geo shmup, Neo Turf Masters is my favorite sports game of course, my favorite platformer is Blue's Journey but Magician Lord is a close second, and my favorite beat em up is Sengoku 2. I also love King of the Monsters 2 since I have fond memories of that game. I enjoy pretty much all the Neo Geo games, although a couple I would consider slightly above average. There is only one game I hate with a passion which is the Super Spy which actually starts out really good but starting at around Level 2 the game completely falls apart if you actually try to finish the game. Back in the day, I went over to a friends house and they had a Neo Geo arcade with the coin door opened so we would take the quarters and put them back in to get unlimited continues.

[@zachmcguire6659]

Neo geo was the system to own when I was a kid my dad won one through work and trust me kids always wanted to come over to play it

[@ericl7519]

The Neo Geo truly had a flavor all it's own and that was a good thing. I found all Neo Geo games , good or bad ,had attitude unlike any other. Great presentation!

[@stargazerlaurent6780]

If you are old enough to remember Video Power, you remember shouting at the screen “GRAB THE NEO GEO DAMMIT!!” when those kids got to go on the spree at the end

[@bdillmore40]

SLX, wow I'm blown away with how many games, and info on them you covered in just under an hour long video! I loved every minute of it!!!! Look forward to more Neo related videos on your channel!

[@yafavblerd]

Fantastic video like usual, Sega Lord X! When you make documentary-style videos, they are by far my favorite. Your voice never gets old or annoying, your enthusiasm always seems genuine, & style of storytelling would be at home in a classroom or a professional newsroom

[@GameJunctionMedia]

Absolutely glorious. Loving the content, keep it up!

[@DLDX]

One thing I specifically enjoyed about the arcade version of the Neo-Geo was the option to use headphones. Very cool when you were in a loud and crowded arcade.

[@unlimited-6183]

And it was the very first console to use memory cards. Plus don't forget these memory cards could be used in original SNK red MVS arcade cabinets 😎

[@isamuu99]

I watched the entire video from start to finish, and enjoyed every minute of it! Without question the best, most comprehensive video summarizing the Neo Geo's incredible library of games I've seen to date. As someone who was there back in the day and bought a Neo Geo Home Gold system and then later the arcade MVS system, I consider myself a massive fan, and this video will be downloaded and archived to my HD for repeat viewings in the future. Excellent job man.

[@n0isyturtle]

My favorite console, just uncompromised in bringing the arcade experience home. Nothing beats the King! I have a weird history with this system where I was lucky to pick one up in a weird French village flea market in the '90s for basically free with a handful of titles, including Metal Slug. I paid more in baggage handling fees to bring it back to the US than I did for the console and games. At the time I didn't even know what it was, just that it was special.

[@ryanstewart4444]

Absolutely AWESOME video! World Heroes tends to get shat on nowadays but was absolutely loved in period. Thanks for finally giving it a bit of respect. The Super Spy was THE game that made me love NEO GEO and while it hasn't aged all that well it was a unique experience that made me very well aware of what the red and white cabinet held within. I will always associate NEO GEO with killing time while my mom did laundry at the local laundromat. Our washer and dryer were dead and my mom couldn't afford new ones, so for about a year around 1990 every Sunday was laundry/NEO GEO day

[@buckeyechad1]

Finally finished watching the whole vid. Appreciate you very much. Thank you.

[@apr2499]

What a fantastic video! That’s for putting it together!

[@xChris_Kentx]

Thank you so much for making this video!

[@Asobitech]

What an epic video, thanks for covering all the Neo Geo games. A great trip down memory lane, with a few surprises that I had missed along the way.

[@fresnokila3]

Garou and The Last Blade are still 2 games I enjoy playing today.

[@TVans-vs3gn]

The Last Blade 1 & 2 are incredible!

[@fluttershystayshigh4202]

I never even met a kid who's family owned a Neo Geo growing up, i wouldn't have known what to do if a had a console that awesome when i was a kid, i can only imagine how badass it must have been for the rich kids out there who had access to these games.

[@Marcus_K]

I had a Neo Geo and it truly was a badass console, but the Genesis and SNES were awesome as well. Games like Sonic, Streets of Rage 2, Street Fighter 2, Thunder Force 4, F-Zero, Axelay and Donkey Kong Country were impressive even to a Neo Geo owner.

[@cbrdealer]

Same here man. I knew about it, read about, heard stories on the bus of people who knew someone who knew someone that had it, but I never saw one for sale, or knew anyone that had one. It really was a unicorn.

[@jamesoneavatar8644]

I used to own a video game store in the early 90s, and I bought a Neo Geo with a bunch of games from someone. I played them all, then resold them. I preferred the beat-em-ups and shooters, mostly. Super Baseball 2020 is still one of my favorite sports games. I preferred World Heroes to Fatal Fury, but I really like Samurai Shodown. Awesome list! Thanks for the history

[@Gaming_since_the_eighties]

The NeoGeo was an arcade experience for home.